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zorg1000 said:
curl-6 said:

But as it becomes an accepted norm to have 99c games on the go on a device you already own, a dedicated gaming handheld becomes a difficult sell.

it is already an accepted norm to have 99¢ or even free games on the go on a device u already own since before 3DS/Vita even released, yet they still have sold 50+ million and growing. this shows that there is still a viable market for dedicated handhelds as long as the price and software are right.

Phones and tablets are getting progressively better at gaming, reducing the perceived need for a dedicated device to serve this purpose. Dedicated anything is becoming an obsolete concept sadly, everything is moving towards multipurpose media devices. It will be very hard to convince a consumer in 2017 who's not a hardcore Nntendo fan to buy a device that only plays portable games.